Lakeside School (Seattle)



Lakeside School is a private school located in Seattle, Washington, for grades 5–12. As of 2024, school review website Niche ranked Lakeside School as the best private high school in Washington state (succeeded by the Overlake School in second) and the 52nd best private high school in the United States. Niche also ranked Lakeside as the 28th best high school for STEM in the United States.

History
Lakeside School was developed in 1919 by Frank G. Moran as Moran-Lakeside School on the shores of Lake Washington in the Denny-Blaine neighborhood of Seattle. Originally, the school was intended to feed students to Moran's other school, the Moran School on nearby Bainbridge Island. In 1923 the school was incorporated and renamed to Lakeside Day School. In 1923, it moved to the present site of The Bush School in Washington Park. In 1930, Lakeside moved to its newly constructed campus at its current location. It became coeducational upon merger with St. Nicholas School, a Capitol Hill private girls' school, in 1971.

Student life
Lakeside has numerous student-initiated and led clubs, such as the Chess Team, Model United Nations, Quiz Bowl, Ethics Bowl, Proof Pioneers, Hackathon, and Imago. Other aspects of student life include the affinity groups, like BSU (Black Student Union), GLOW (Gay Lesbian Or Whatever, a gay-straight alliance club), LAPS (Lakeside Asian/Pacific Islander Students), MIXED (Multicultural Initiators EXperiencing and Encouraging Diversity), and LATISPA (a support network for Latin American students).

Athletics
Lakeside's athletic program offers golf, football, soccer, volleyball, crew, wrestling, baseball, basketball, ultimate frisbee, tennis, swimming, diving cross country, and track and field as well as a strength and conditioning program. In recent years, the boys' swim team won a 3A WIAA state championship in the 2011-2012 season, the 2012-2013 season, and the 2023-2024 season. The 2013-2014 boys' soccer team won the WIAA state championship in the 3A division. The 2014 girls' swim team won the 3A WIAA state championship for the first time in school history, and won the 2015 state championship as well. The 2016 volleyball team won the 3A WIAA state championship for the first time in school history. The 2021 girls' soccer team won the 3A WIAA state championship for the first time since 2003.

Notable alumni

 * Wilber Huston, (class of 1929), NASA mission director, Edison Scholar.
 * David "Ned" Skinner, (class of 1937), former owner of Seattle Space Needle and the Seattle Seahawks.
 * Adam West (class of 1946), American film actor, played the original role of Batman in the 1960s TV Series.
 * Charles Pigott (class of 1947), Chairman and CEO of Paccar 1967-1996.
 * Booth Gardner, (class of 1954), Governor of Washington state; Chair of National Governors Association.
 * Craig McCaw (class of 1968), founder of McCaw Cellular (now part of AT&T Mobility) and Clearwire Corporation.
 * Tor Seidler, (class of 1968), author of "A Rat's Tale", "Mean Margaret" and "Gully's Travels".
 * Frederic Moll (class of 1969), co-founder of Intuitive Surgical, Hansen Medical, Mako Surgical, and Auris Surgical Robots.
 * Paul Allen (class of 1971), co-founder of Microsoft and Vulcan Inc.
 * Ric Weiland (class of 1971), computer software pioneer, programmer and LGBT philanthropist.
 * Hal Foster (class of 1973) is an American art critic and historian.
 * Bill Gates (class of 1973), co-founder of Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
 * Maria Eitel (class of 1980), first president of the Nike Foundation.
 * Annie Leonard, (class of 1982), Executive Director of Greenpeace USA.
 * Tom Lee, (class of 1986), CEO Galileo Health, former founder, CEO at One Medical.
 * Christopher Miller (class of 1993), American film director, writer, and producer (How I Met Your Mother, The Lego Movie, and the Jump Street franchise).
 * Seth Gordon, (class of 1994), American film director, producer, screenwriter, and film editor (The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Four Christmases, Freakonomics, Horrible Bosses, Undefeated, Identity Thief, Baywatch).
 * Marjorie Liu, (class of 1996), author and comic book writer (Monstress, NYX, X-23, Dark Wolverine, Astonishing X-Men).
 * Duncan Atwood, Javelin thrower who qualified for the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
 * Freddie Wong, (class of 2004), filmmaker, musician, VFX artist and competitive gamer.
 * Daniel Kan, (class of 2005), entrepreneur and founder and COO of Cruise Automation (acquired by General Motors for $1b).
 * Royce David, (class of 2017), multi-platinum music producer.
 * Lauren Selig (class of 1994) Film producer, entrepreneur and investor (Hacksaw Ridge, Lone Survivor, American Made). Daughter of Martin Selig.
 * Corbin Carroll, (class of 2019), baseball player, 2023 MLB All-Star and NL Rookie of the Year.
 * Adam Selipsky, (class of 1984), CEO of Amazon Web Services and former Tableau Software CEO.
 * Edward Ferry, (class of 1959), rower who won a gold medal for the coxed pair at the 1964 Summer Olympics.